The Global Finals of the Intel Extreme Masters take place at the IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. The Intel Extreme Masters is the global league of eSports champions for World of Warcraft and Counter-Strike endowed with 750,000 US Dollar prize purse. Ten teams from America and Asia have already qualified for the Global Finals of the third season. 24 European Teams still compete to enter the Global Finals at the Continental Finals Europe at the start of the CeBIT trade fair. At CeBIT there is a total prize purse of 280,000 US Dollar.

The Continental Finals Europe takes place from March 3rd until March 5th. 24 European teams compete for their entry to the Global Finals on March 6-8th. The Global Finals are endowed with 200,000 US Dollar. The Intel Extreme Masters will be broadcasted live by ESL TV to the internet.
The games are played on Alienware systems by Dell’s gaming group based on Intel Core2 Extreme processors. All events feature free gaming areas giving everybody a chance to play gaming blockbusters on the latest Intel processors: The Intel Core2 Extreme and the brand new Intel Corei7. Intel and Dell sponsor the global league of eSports champions. In addition to the title sponsorship of the Intel Extreme Masters, Intel supports the Intel Friday Night Games and the ESL European Nations Championship across Europe.

Participants Continental Finals Europe:

World of Warcraft:
• against All authority, France
• iNNERFiRE, Bulgaria
• Nihilum Plasma, International
• mousesports Cake, International
• SK Gaming WOW PvP EU, International
• SKY WoW, Austria
• Team ROCCAT, Sweden
• mousesports WoW, Germany
• feelin cute, Germany
• lockdown, Germany
• x6tence.AMD wow, Spain
• Kick eSports Club, Spain

Counter-Strike:
• SK Gaming, Sweden
• BLANK, Sweden
• Team Giants, Sweden
• fnatic, Sweden
• faculty, Germany
• mousesports, Germany
• Team ALTERNATE, Germany
• XLBet.AndThenSome, Denmark
• mTw.int, Denmark
• Meet Your Makers, Poland
• Millenium, France
• emuLate, France

Qualified participants of the Global Finals:
World of Warcraft:
• SK Gaming USA, USA
• compLexity, USA
• Evil Geniuses, USA
• H O N, South Korea
• SK Gaming Asia, South Korea

Counter-Strike:
• Made in Brazil, Brazil
• X3O, USA
• Gravitas Gaming, USA
• TitaNs eSports, Singapore
• Wemade Fox, South Korea

** Global Finals of the Intel Extreme Masters at CeBIT 2009 **
When: 6th March – 8th March, 2009
Minimum age: 16 years
Where: ESL Intel Arena
Hall 22, Booth A01,
CeBIT trade fair
www.cebit.de

** Continental Finals Europe **
When: 3rd March – 5th March, 2009
Minimum age: 16 years
Where: ESL Intel Arena
Hall 22, Booth A01,
CeBIT trade fair
www.cebit.de

Further information about the Intel Extreme Masters is available online: www.intelextrememasters.com